One of my workhorse pens is this Rotring Surf with a medium nib, purchased as a set of four on eBay. It's a simple pen with a plastic barrel that comes in orange, blue, green, and yellow; the pen takes either a cartridge or converter, and the cost was bout $6 or so per pen. They have a great hand feel and the nib doesn't fight the paper or skip when writing. Also, the line from this medium nib looks good--one of the few medium nibs I really like the look of on paper. The Rotring Surf is a simple writing pleasure, well constructed, and something to add to your collection of lower-priced pens.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Rotring Surf Fountain Pen
One of my workhorse pens is this Rotring Surf with a medium nib, purchased as a set of four on eBay. It's a simple pen with a plastic barrel that comes in orange, blue, green, and yellow; the pen takes either a cartridge or converter, and the cost was bout $6 or so per pen. They have a great hand feel and the nib doesn't fight the paper or skip when writing. Also, the line from this medium nib looks good--one of the few medium nibs I really like the look of on paper. The Rotring Surf is a simple writing pleasure, well constructed, and something to add to your collection of lower-priced pens.
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Good, concise and informative post. Don't have a Rotring pen , but maybe I should. Yours look good.
ReplyDeleteAnyone know of any other moderately priced FPs (say, under $12, or thereabouts) currently in production? Thanks for the post, PB.
ReplyDeleteJack/Youngstown
JetPens.com, a favorite "reference site" of mine, carries moderately priced Kaweco, Ohto, Pelikano, Pilot, Platinum, and Sailor models. Prices, if I'm reading correctly, from as little as $2.70 to $18, and some have medium nibs.
ReplyDeleteJack/Youngstown
There are some great lower priced fountain pens on eBay, Jack. But it takes some looking. Otherwise, JetPens has a great selection.
ReplyDeleteyou can't do better than the Hero or Wang Sung fountain pens at isellpens, never got a bad one and so well priced.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to find a rotring ballpoint that had a plastic barrel, the bottom was corrugated in profile. Cheap I think but was a good pen to write with. Any ideas?
ReplyDeleteRotring ballpoint. It would be a Tikky 1 or 2
ReplyDeleteInteresting, I have the same pen in black and gray, but it's under Reynolds brand. Nice pen anyway.
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